Certified Nursing Home Nurse Aides, CNAs, provide hands on care to residents in nursing homes, including bathing, toileting, dressing, feeding, helping residents to ambulate among other duties.
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has contracted with Prometric to develop and administer the New York State (NYS) Nursing Home Nurse Aide Competency Examination and manage the NYS Nursing Home Nurse Aide Registry (NAR).
All individuals performing nurse aide duties in a nursing home on a full-time, part-time or contractual basis must meet minimum training and competency requirements in accordance with state and federal regulations and be listed in good standing on the NAR.
The majority of nurse aides on the registry become certified by successfully completing a NYS-approved nursing home nurse aide training program and passing the Competency Examination. The exam consists of two parts: 1) a Clinical Skills exam (practical portion); and 2) a Written (oral) exam.
Between 10/1/2019 -9/30/2020, there were 41,093 licenses issued for this occupation.
As of September 30, 2020, there were 82,124 active certificates for this occupation.
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Professional Credentialing
875 Central Avenue
Albany, New York 12206
Phone: 1-877-877-1827
E-mail: profcred@health.ny.gov
31-1014 - Nursing Assistants
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Fees stated and other information contained in this report are subject to change. Please contact the licensing authority listed above for the most current information.
This page was last updated on 3/1/21.
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